Enrollment
137
Middle
DISTRICT 218 · STATE 531
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #12·NCES 360009005169
SCHOOL OF PERFORMING ARTS
977 FOX ST, BRONX, NY 10459 · (718) 589-4844 · Bronx County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL137 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
6.1:1
23 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 8.7:1 · STATE 10.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
97%
133 students
DISTRICT 95% · STATE 58%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade
Student demographics
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
NYS Assessments 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3 + Level 4)English Language Arts
31.0%
NY avg 58.3% . -2.0pp since 2023
Math
49.6%
NY avg 57.4% . +15.6pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 31 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 50 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all New York schools, those numbers are about 58 and 57. Reading and writing scores are down about 2 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 16 points.
Source: NYS Assessments. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
35.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
39.3%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-3.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 36% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 39% typical for New York schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among New York's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
137
-167 (-55%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
6.1:1
was 11.7:1
% White
1%
was 1%
% Hispanic
63%
was 63%
% Black
34%
was 32%
% Asian
1%
was 1%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About SCHOOL OF PERFORMING ARTS
Set in BRONX, New York, SCHOOL OF PERFORMING ARTS is a rural-scale middle school, run under NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #12. It serves 137 students across grades 6 through 8. By comparison, New York's public schools average about 531 students each, so SCHOOL OF PERFORMING ARTS sits 74% leaner than that benchmark.
NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #12 comprises 47 schools with combined enrollment of 15,705 students; SCHOOL OF PERFORMING ARTS is among them.
On demographics, SCHOOL OF PERFORMING ARTS logs that the largest single group is Hispanic, at 63% of enrollment. Beyond that, the school reports 34% Black.
Looking at the economic backdrop, SCHOOL OF PERFORMING ARTS reports 23 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 6.1:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 10.3:1 average. An estimated 97% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.
With demographic context factored in, SCHOOL OF PERFORMING ARTS performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 39.3%, the actual is 35.7%, a residual of -3.6 points.
Across the wider county, Bronx County reports that the typical household earns roughly $48,676 per year, about 22% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 23%. In all, Bronx County runs 472 public schools (combined enrollment of about 202,028 students), of which SCHOOL OF PERFORMING ARTS is one.
The closest other public school is ACCION ACADEMY, roughly 0.0 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), SCHOOL OF PERFORMING ARTS ranks 6th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 49.0%.
SCHOOL OF PERFORMING ARTS operates from a metropolitan location.
Over the past 7-year window. SCHOOL OF PERFORMING ARTS's enrollment has decreased 55% since 2018, when it stood at 304 (now 137). The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 11.7:1 in 2018 to 6.1:1 today.
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Bronx County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
1,404,779
Census ACS
Median income
$48,676
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
22%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
23%
Below federal line
Schools in county
472
202,028 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #12
- PS 214Elementary · 814 students
- PS 47 JOHN RANDOLPHElementary · 789 students
- PS 195Elementary · 713 students
- PS 196Elementary · 662 students
- EAST BRONX ACADEMY FOR THE FUTUREHigh · 654 students
- MOTT HALL VHigh · 636 students
Other schools in BRONX
- BRONX HIGH SCHOOL OF SCIENCE (THE)High · 2,953 students
- KIPP BRONX CHARTER SCHOOL IIICombined · 2,390 students
- HARRY S TRUMAN HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,650 students
- ATMOSPHERE ACADEMY PUBLIC CHARTER SCHOOLHigh · 1,481 students
- PS 83 DONALD HERTZElementary · 1,451 students
- RIVERDALE/KINGSBRIDGE ACADEMY (MS/HS 141)High · 1,383 students
Nearby schools
- ACCION ACADEMY0.0 mi · 185
- SOUTH BRONX CLASSICAL CHARTER SCHOOL0.0 mi · 522
- DEMOCRACY PREP ENDURANCE CHARTER SCHOOL0.1 mi · 836
- BRONX STUDIO SCHOOL FOR WRITERS AND ARTISTS0.1 mi · 589
- PHAROS ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL0.2 mi · 695
- BRONX REGIONAL HIGH SCHOOL0.2 mi · 125
Frequently asked questions
About SCHOOL OF PERFORMING ARTSWhat is the total enrollment at SCHOOL OF PERFORMING ARTS?
SCHOOL OF PERFORMING ARTS enrolls approximately 137 students in grades 06-08.
What grades does SCHOOL OF PERFORMING ARTS serve?
SCHOOL OF PERFORMING ARTS serves grades 06-08.
How many students per teacher at SCHOOL OF PERFORMING ARTS?
Approximately 6.1:1 students per teacher at SCHOOL OF PERFORMING ARTS.
What is the racial breakdown of students at SCHOOL OF PERFORMING ARTS?
At SCHOOL OF PERFORMING ARTS, the student body is approximately 1% White, 63% Hispanic, 34% Black, 1% Asian.
Who oversees SCHOOL OF PERFORMING ARTS?
SCHOOL OF PERFORMING ARTS is overseen by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #12 in Bronx County.
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